Features

• CD-ROM
• Streamline day-to-day tasks with this 2-D drafting software
• Native DWG file format compatibility; Dynamic Blocks
• Integration of the popular layer management Express Tools
• Get efficient plotting through a streamlined plot user interface
• Easily share information electronically with team members

Reviews (3)

auto cad lt 2007
the only problem is the amount of tutorial, i know you can't write to every level, but the turorial (getting started) for a first timer user was a little diffcult.

ACAD Lt 2007
The 2007 release has more overall command power than I've experanced in the recent past.However,there is one group of commands I would like to see it aquire, that being the Express group of commands.I've been using ACAD since release 11 and the ability to go to express and utilize the layer off/ on control is second to none.I realize that it may be standard in a full blown version, but a small business such as mine can't always afford the full version right away.

AutoCAD LT 2007 - JDeBaise
AutoCad is the best CAD system I have ever used and I have used AutoCAD LT going back to at least 2000, 2004 being my prior upgrade. AutoCAD LT 2007 is a definite step up. It is an easy upgrade to use, if you are familiar with prior AutoCAD LT editions, but it has some very nice improvements such as:
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Features

• CD-ROM
• Comprehensive CAD tools for creating expert-quality drawings
• Electrical details, floor plans, conceptual sketches, and more
• Straightforward drafting in a Windows XP-like environment
• DWG format compatibility for creating and viewing AutoCAD files
• Tutorials and wizards for a fast start

Reviews (12)

AutoSketch-9
I think that the program is good. I find it somewhat hard to use, however my assessment is quite unfair in that I have been using AutoCAD-2000. The difficulty lies in "backing up" from the premier software to software understandably not as capable. There is another learning curve to navigate.

Good value, different look from AutoCAD
I have been an AutoCAD user for about 13 years.In starting my own business, I wanted an inexpensive tool that would allow me to produce 2-D drawings accurately and efficiently with the skills I already have.
Good basic CAD program
An excellent basic computer drafting program. User inferface that is not too dificult to pick up, and includes a reasonable collection of symbols. Help is fair. I could use more information fairly often. No programming interface that I have found. No auto-dimensioning. Snaps and alignment are always problematic and there is no solution here.
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Features

• New and improved 2D and 3D tools - text editing tools now mirror those found in other graphic applications
• Extrapolate text to create 3D text for effects such as embossing
• Make edits to 2D and 3D text, directly on screen
• Point Marker tool automatically numbers rooms, doors or windows -- great for creating legends, call outs or simply mapping points
• Three options for displaying fractional dimensions (stacked, diagonal, in-line)

Features

• CD-ROM
• Powerful 2-D/3-D full-featured CAD and drafting program
• Step-by-step setup wizard; quick dimension tool; distribute command
• Multiple drawings/paper space; floating and shaped viewports; editable meshes
• Realistic lighting effects; camera views from any angle; advanced rendering
• Ideal for architects, engineers, designers, illustrators, educators, students

Editorial Review

More than just an upgrade to the world's leading imaging, design, and print production software, Adobe's Creative Suite 2 will change the way you harness your creativity. Creative Suite 2 is a fully integrated design and workflow environment that is engineered to help creative professionals work faster, smarter and with better results. Robust new tools in Photoshop CS2, tighter integration between Photoshop CS2 and Illustrator CS2, new object styles in InDesign CS2, and the revolutionary streamlining and collaboration offered by Adobe Bridge make Creative Suite 2 Adobe's biggest release yet. Other top features include the ability to establish color settings across all the components of Adobe Creative Suite, access to robust help services, and easiercontrol of, and access to, historical and alternate file versions. Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• Adobe Illustrator CS2lets you realize your ideas quickly and powerfully. Instantly convert bitmaps to vector artwork and paint more intuitively. Save time with intelligent palettes and optimized workspaces.

Reviews (2)

The best graphic design suite!!!
Although there are faults with Adobe GoLive, that is true with any of the old web design packages now that web standards and CSS have changed so much, but hands down this is the best graphic design suite.Not only does it provide versatile stock tools and new layout functions such as smart guides which help you align objects on your pages, but it also allows you to use "actions" (multiple step processes if you do the same set of actions to photos time and time again) from other users.Automatically output the files in a wide range of formats, optimize it for the web.I use PhotoShop and ImageReady at least once a day and although I have another graphic design program that is much simpler for quick changes, it doesn't allow me to do any of Photoshops advanced actions for drastically editing photos and graphics.

Warning: avoid GoLive!
I want to warn you about GoLive -- it is the most frustrating, least reliable, most crash-prone app I have used since switching to OS X. GoLive CS2 crashes regularly for me several times a day, and has even managed to crash WHILE SAVING A VERY IMPORTANT FILE, which wiped out an entire day's work for me, causing me to redo it all. Bottom line, Adobe does not deserve your money for this application, which they clearly dislike within the company (when you make a bug report, it's interesting to note that it's called GoLive, not Adobe GoLive). Sadly, the only thing to do is go to Dreamweaver...but that's not an option for me since its interface is not something I'm willing to use.
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Features

• CD-ROM
• In-depth overview of award-winning Web design tool and code editor
• Learn how to layout, develop, and maintain standards-based Web sites
• Incorporate multimedia into Web sites and update efficiently
• Tutorials with tips and tricks for better designs and streamlining workflow
• Hosted by Janine Warner, best-selling author of Dreamweaver For Dummies

Features

• Training series on advanced authoring environment, Flash Professional 8
• Includes more than 24 hours of indexed tutorials produced in HD
• Learn to author interactive content rich with video, graphics, and animation
• Tips for creating truly unique Web sites, presentations, and mobile content
• Hosted by John Ulliman, authorized instructor for Macromedia products

Features

• CD-ROM
• Create, edit and view block libraries to standardize drawings and insert & edit new objects quickly
• Layer Express and AutoTrack tools increase productivity
• Pointer and dimension inputs for interacting dynamically with drafting tasks
• Dynamic rollover highlighting
• Editing scale list

Features

• CD-ROM
• Create, edit and view block libraries to standardize drawings and insert & edit new objects quickly
• Layer Express and AutoTrack tools increase productivity
• Pointer and dimension inputs for interacting dynamically with drafting tasks
• Dynamic rollover highlighting
• Editing scale list

Features

• CD-ROM
• A highly-sophisticated painting and illustration application, the fastest version of Corel Painter yet
• Most brushes work, on average, twice as fast; includes more than 30 brush categories plus custom brushes
• Animators can now test frame rates directly in Corel Painter; movies can be saved as animated GIFs, QuickTime movies or AVI movies
• Supporting industry-standard ICC4.0 profiles, this software enables color matching between on-screen and printed colors
• Includes Corel Painter IX, both Mac and Windows versions; libraries of unique gradients, nozzles, patterns, stock photos, paper textures, and brushes; The Corel Painter IX Handbook

Reviews (4)

Best Painting Software ever
I have been using this since version 7 (Procreate Painter 7). It does have quite a steep learning curve and it took me quite a while to get used to it. Once you learn how to get around the program is wonderful. I use it mainly to turn photographs into paintings and once I got the hang of it I have been able to create some pretty stunning stuff from a photograph. Most of the cloner brushes make the photograph painting look fake so I stay away from those and rather use the artist's oils and acrylics. The watercolour is great when painting a sketch. You can checkout :
Corel really stuck it to the Mac community when it bought Painter
No amount of wiz-bang makes up for the instability that Corel "engineered" into Painter when it tried to make it more Photoshop like. IMHO, Painter was best when it still beloned to its creators, Fractal Design. It was revolutionary, it was inexpensive, it was rock-solid, and it was for Mac only. Corel has definitely given Painter a Windows feeling: bloated, unstable, and unfriendly. You'd think that a company that owns the licensing rights to the most widely used natural media paint app could put out bug fixes more than once every two years -- or at least one very much needed feature, most widely found in Microsoft applications -- autosave. I'm tired of waiting for Corel to make Painter usable, and have noticed other natural media applications coming out. Check out ArtRage. It doesn't do everything Painter does, but it has a good basic set of tools, it's interface is modern, it doesn't crash, AND IT'S FREE!
Painter Perfect
In response to review rated at a "2":
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Features

• CD-ROM
• Versatile 2-D CAD for all your mechanical and architectural needs
• Engineering layouts, flow charting, home projects, show drawings, and more
• Drawing shortcuts; shortcut keys and dynamic toolbars
• Work with files from popular CAD programs; DXF/DWG compatibility
• Simple operations, easy-to-use commands, and extensive online help

Features

• CD-ROM

Reviews (2)

Dated Blocks and For Chemical Engineers---No
I skimmed through the CD after loading it on my computer. Unfortunately, the CD is rather old. The symbols are the old simple blocks used a few years ago. They are still useful but not as clear as one might find at an engineering company, which is the environment I am acquainted with. I was impressed by the wide range of symbols for architecture, mechanical engineering, civil engineering and electrical. You will find a few chemical engineering symbols in the mechanical group. The piping blocks are very complete and will be useful. I was somewhat disapointed. This will be a great opportunity for Autodesk to update.
Autodesk Symbols 2000
First, this is an add on package for AutoCAD 2000 LT. There are many thousands of "templates" with every sort of object imaginal, from welding symboles to TV's.The only problem is your paying for the extra%95 you don't use.But to get propley sized symboles and to save time, youcan't go wrong with this package.I highly reccmend it, by the way, I useit for residental and commercial floor plan layouts. ... Read more

Features

• Create 3D landscapes and animations for print, multimedia, video, or the Web
• Create Web animations, generate thumbnails, or preview images frame-by-frame
• Make HTML image maps of your scenes with Web URLs embedded in specific objects
• Easily import, create, and edit preset textures, then save them as new textures for future use
• Handy palettes to quickly create and edit objects, design scenes, and render final images

Reviews (5)

felt limited relatively quickly
I'll just list what I did't like about Bryce5:
Bryce 5.0
I have used this software for over three years and have enjoyed the high quality renderings that I receive.It is easy to fit it into an animation computer array and the end product easily transfers to other design and editing software. On highest quality and resolution, rendering can take days, but the extreemly hight quality can go direct to post production studios. For web use I suggest rendering in lower resolutions.I Love the Bryce Skys :)
Incredible price for incredible animation
I was really surprised on the price drop. this was over two hundred dollars a couple of years ago.Read more

Features

• Create, edit and view block libraries to standardize drawings and insert & edit new objects quickly
• Layer Express and AutoTrack tools increase productivity
• Pointer and dimension inputs for interacting dynamically with drafting tasks
• Dynamic rollover highlighting
• Editing scale list

Features

• CD-ROM
• Easy-to-use 3D CAD with new underlying CAD drawing engine
• 3D rendering, animation, solid modeling, and texture mapping
• 2D drafting and design; name objects and select filter by name; nested groups
• New Boolean engine; raster-to-vector conversion tool; improved hatch fill
• Customizable toolbars; AutoCAD compatible; free email tech support

Reviews (3)

CAD is easy to use
Anyone that think's DesignCad 3D Max is hard to use would think any CAD software is hard to use.I purchased DesignCad 3D Max a few year ago, and though I had 30 years of design and drawing board experence, I too thought the program was hard and maybe even impossible to use.
DesignCAD is a Great Value
I am currently using an evaluation copy of DesignCAD.As a counter-point to the previous review, I think this program is no more difficult to learn than any other CAD program I have used.There are a number of good tutorials on the DesignCAD Unleashed web site.DesignCAD has many features of higher end CAD programs costing much more and as such it does take a bit of effort to learn.I particularly like the fact that IMSI has included the BasicCAD language and the fact that DesignCAD can be programmed and accessed from any program language that can reference COM objects.The program is not perfect and has a few anoying short-comings, but overall I think this is a great value.I plan to purchase it.

Hard to learn
This is very complex software for a beginner even though it is advertised as very easy to learn. I later bought the training CD for $50 and it teaches none of the basics needed to use the software. The training does tell about the differences between older versions and version 16. The support on their website does not work nor have they replied to any of my correspondence asking for assistance. I have worked for days to get very limited results and will probably remove the software from my computer and chalk it up as a $100+ experience. ... Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• Windows 98/NT/2000/ME/XP
• CSDC
• Home Design, Home Improvement & Much More!

Reviews (4)

no support!
I would love to say how this product performs, but we are unable to get it to download onto our computer.We got the demo CD downloaded, but the actual product.....no way.What CADpro fails to say in their ads is, there is ZERO tech support!They have a fax number to use and an email address, but they do not answer them!The only number we could find is if you are having trouble ordering.So, if you have money to throw away and no real use for a CAD program, let me suggest this one!Their online forum only takes you to an order form to sign up for their newsletter.I am not at all pleased with this!

Got the Job Done
I first bought a box of Punch software to design my new home office.Some cool 3D features, but for practical purposes, contractors couldn't work from the design I created.That was why I bought CADPRO: I needed a design contractors could use to build from. I never called their tech support, but I did play the training video CD to get a basic idea of where to start and figured out the rest for myself. Installed without a hitch and worked just fine on my Dell PC using Windows XP home.
Great potential, unusable product
We bought this product as a tool with which to do space planning and facilities management. We've used other CAD programs - CadVance, AutoCAD LT 97, AutoSketch v. 5-8, but were looking for something more intuitive that our maintenance guys could actually use. After some research, CadPro4 seemed like a reasonable choice.
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Features

• Easily attach source documents such as spreadsheets, multimedia files, images, and drawings
• Scan paper documents and forms to create compact, searchable PDF archives
• Create a single Adobe PDF document from multiple sources--including portions of Web pages and previously combined Adobe PDF documents
• Use the highlighter, sticky note, pen, and other commenting tools directly on your saved PDF
• Add enhanced headers, footers, and watermarks

Editorial Review

Mathcad PLUS 6.0 lets you use real math notation all the time--with an interactive, visual interface--to set up, analyze, solve, and document all kinds of technical problems.Read more

Reviews (1)

Call MAthSoft and ask one question before you buy!
There is a program called "C_DILLA" that Mathsoft has seen fit to install in a hidden file on some of its products. Just do a web search under the keywords Read more

Features

• CD-ROM

Editorial Review

Power, precision and performance are the hallmarks of TurboCAD® Professional v12. With integrated 2D drafting, 3D surface and solid modeling, and photorealistic rendering, TurboCAD delivers unparalleled design productivity and dramatic visual results. ... Read more

Features

• ACIS® 15 Solid Modeling Engine
• Powerful Part Tree
• NURBS-based objects including deformable modeling
• Create solids from surfaces and surfaces from solids